jenniferpa said:
While I wouldn't be so concerned about the things (this seems almost impossible to stop and quite par for the course) I would be more than a little concerned about her wandering off, with or without her coat. What did the home say?
Jennifer
Hi
I would also be concerned about her wandering of, does the home have a secure entry/exit?
As I have said on other posts, my Mum has become a kleptomaniac.
I wouldn't worry about what she purloins in the care home. They understand, as long as you try to return that which doesn't belong to your Mum.
I have the same problem from daycare. So much so, that if the staff have lost something like keys, when they bring Mum home they ask me to look in her pockets and handbag, sometimes she has it, sometimes not.
When we went to collect Mum and Dad from respite, I could only find one of Mum's boots, in the bedroom and both her slippers were there ---what was she wearing on her feet??
When I investigated, I found out Mum was wearing blue slippers-- HERS WERE PINK---
I changed slippers and returned both slippers and the spec case, (not Mum's) which I had found in Mum's room, to the manager.
The manager laughed and said we share everything here!! Not a bit put out.
We did find Mum's other boot in the lounge behind a chair, so no one had taken a fancy to it.
Alfjess